Vonage News

Friday, April 17th

• Saving with VoIP: The Vonage option

  You've heard the pitch: Sign up with Vonage and get your first three months for only $9.95! It is really that simple? Not quite. I signed up and set up the service on one of my land lines this week to try it out. So far I've been pleased with the results....

Monday, August 11th

• Vonage Maintains VoIP Customer Base, But Growth Stagnates

  Vonage Holdings Corp., a struggling pioneer of VoIP telephony, experienced almost no subscriber growth in the second quarter, adding a net total of just 2,000 customers....

Wednesday, July 30th

• Vonage Grabs Ex-Cingular Exec as CEO

  Vonage Holdings has turned to the telecommunications mainstream for its new CEO, naming former Cingular Wireless executive Marc Lefar to lead the independent VoIP provider....

Monday, July 28th

• Vonage Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Vonage Pro Offering To Keep Customers Connected to Their Home Phone on the Go

  Vonage (NYSE: VG) today announced the launch of Vonage Pro(SM), a first-of-its-kind digital voice offering featuring five innovative components that keep you connected to your home life while on the go, including the ability for customers to use their home phone number virtually anywhere they have access to a high speed Internet connection. ...

Wednesday, May 21st

• VoIP Leader Vonage Launches Five9 for Marketing Campaigns

  Five9, Inc., a leader in on-demand call center solutions, announced that VoIP provider Vonage deployed its Virtual Call Center offering in several divisions to manage marketing campaigns. With a history of subscriber growth and nearly 2.6 million lines in service, Vonage continually evaluates and employs new tools for customer retention and satisfaction initiatives. Five9’s predictive dialing and outbound solutions were deployed quickly and flexibly to align with the telecommunications provider‘s aggressive goals for customer outreach. ...

Tuesday, January 8th

• Vonage tries again with VoIP device strategy

  Although its first attempt has so far generally failed to attract consumers interest, the VoIP provider is announcing 'MyVonage,' an effort to promote devices, services, and features that allow the customer to choose how he uses the service....

Wednesday, January 2nd

• Vonage stock rises as Nortel settles patent claims

  Vonage may be on the brink of one of its 'best ever years' after resolving a patent claim which it acquired when it bought Digital Packet Licensing in 2004 - but it's not clear how shareholders will benefit yet. The deal was described as 'the last of them' by the VoIP phone company when it announced settlement of a dispute with Nortel this week....

Tuesday, December 18th

• Nortel Files Suit Against Vonage

  Telecommunications giant Nortel Networks is the latest to slap VoIP provider Vonage with a lawsuit alleging patent violations, but a spokesperson for Vonage said he does not think the ongoing litigation will have any impact on Vonage's business users....

Monday, October 22nd

• AT&T embraces let's-sue-Vonage fad

  Yet another big-name telco has sued Vonage for patent infringement.
  
  This time, it's AT&T putting the screws to the plucky voice over IP provider. The erstwhile Ma Bell filed suit last week in a Wisconsin-based federal court, insisting that Vonage is violating its patent for a 'wide-area packet telephony system.'...

Saturday, October 20th

• AT&T Accuses Vonage of Violating VoIP Patents

  America’s leading telephone operator, AT&T Inc., filed an intellectual property lawsuit against the troubled VoIP provider, Vonage Holdings Corp yesterday, seeking damages for alleged patent infringement....

Tuesday, October 9th

• Can Vonage Hang On?

  Vonage is putting on a brave face about the future now that one of its two patent litigation problems is in the rear-view mirror. But one analyst sees more trouble brewing for the Voice over IP provider -- chiefly from the competition's 'triple play' prices. Can the standalone Vonage stand it alone? So far, it's hanging tough. ...

Monday, October 8th

• Vonage settles Sprint's patent claim

  Voice-over-IP (VoIP) provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has settled a patent dispute with Sprint Nextel Corp. by agreeing to pay Sprint about $80 million, the two companies announced Monday....

Thursday, September 27th

• Courts rebuff most of Vonage's patent arguments

  A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the bulk of Verizon's patent claims against Vonage, marking another setback for the Internet phone service pioneer....

Thursday, August 23rd

• Vonage sued by defunct VoIP company

  As if Vonage wasn't having enough issues with their fight to stay afloat, they are now being attacked by a former competitor. SunRocket, which went belly up quite a while ago, shut down their VoIP services and now is targeting Vonage in a huge lawsuit.
  ...

Saturday, August 11th

• Sprint’s patent lawsuit against Vonage on track for trial this fall

  Internet telephone company Vonage Holdings faces a fall trial after failing to fully disarm a patent lawsuit filed by a unit of Sprint Nextel Corp....

Friday, August 10th

• Vonage No Longer Top VoIP Provider

  The passing of leadership bragging rights from Vonage to Comcast is the latest sign of a shift in the VoIP industry as stand-alone providers struggle and cable companies ascend by selling phone services in packages along with Internet access and TV. Comcast now has surpassed the three-million mark for its digital phone service. ...

• Vonage May Have Life Left

  In announcing its second-quarter earnings, the troubled VoIP service provider narrowed its net loss as revenue grew. More significantly, the company stated it has completed deploying workarounds for two of three VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) patents under dispute with Verizon Communications Inc. ...

Thursday, August 9th

• Vonage Nearly Done Deploying Patent Work-Arounds

  Vonage Holdings Corp. has 'substantially completed' the deployment of work-arounds for two of three VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) patents claimed by Verizon Communications Inc., Vonage announced Thursday....

Saturday, May 5th

• VoIP Service Provider Vonage Denied Retrial in Patent Case

  The U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a request by Vonage for a retrial in the patent infringement dispute with Verizon, leaving the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service provider’s fate squarely in the hands of the court now hearing the case, according to a number of online and newspaper reports. ...

Tuesday, April 17th

• Is Vonage VC’s VoIP Hangup?

  Vonage’s meltdown marks the end of the landline VoIP services as an investment opportunity. But investors who plowed over $2 billion into landline VoIP service are now targeting VoIP equipment suppliers and mobile VoIP service providers....

Thursday, April 12th

• Is Vonage VoIP's T-Rex?

  Despite all the PR bluster from Vonage in recent weeks, the cracks are beginning to show.
  
  The VOIP pioneer said Thursday its CEO Mike Snyder has left the building, and that it will cut 10 percent of its workforce.
  ...

Saturday, April 7th

• Vonage Could Kill VoIP Funding

  Vonage was ordered by a federal judge on Friday to halt adding new customers unless it can come up with a patent work-around, but the Internet phone company escaped being shut down altogether. ...

Friday, April 6th

• Vonage decision on hold

  Vonage Holdings Corp. on Friday won a temporary stay of a federal judge's ruling that it can continue operating but cannot recruit new customers during its patent dispute with Verizon Communications Inc....

Friday, March 30th

• Can VoIP Inc. Save Vonage?

  Vonage has, in a semi-secret move that looks like it could be a workaround to the Verizon patents it's been convicted of violating, signed a contract to use the network of rival carrier VoIP Inc.'s subsidiary Voice One Inc. Vonage doesn't have a network of its own....

Tuesday, March 27th

• Vonage Responds to Verizon's Victory

  Vonage responded to Verizon's victory in the patent infringement case on Monday, saying that the company has been prepared for the outcome of the case and the injunction. A press release stated that the company has 'reaffirmed its confidence' in its ability to meet the expectations and support its over 2.2 million strong customer base. ...

Thursday, March 22nd

• VoIP Leaders Hail Court Decision to Empower Consumers by Enabling VoIP Innovations to Flourish

  Today, the 8th Circuit upheld the FCC's Vonage Order preempting state regulation of VoIP. The following statement can be attributed to Staci Pies, VON Coalition President:...

Wednesday, March 14th

• Vonage and Motorola Intro VoIP-Ready Wireless Router

  Fax, telephone and Internet services are vital to the operations of businesses around the world. Businesses of all sizes are examining how to access each of these functions in a time efficient and productive manner and vendors that can provide the solution are likely to gain attention....

Friday, March 9th

• Vonage to pay $74.5m over patent

  A JURY has ordered US internet phone provider Vonage $US58 million ($74.5 million) for infringing on three patents owned by Verizon Communications....

Tuesday, February 20th

• Vonage Intros Annual VoIP Plan

  Vonage has gone a little low-key with its launch of an annual VoIP calling plan by 'secretly' notifying its current subscribers first. The service provider will now make available its Residential Premium Unlimited Plan as a yearly, $239.99 pre-paid offering....

• Vonage, Verizon in Court Over VoIP

  Vonage is set this week to appear in court to face charges that it has infringed on patents owned by telecommunications giant Verizon. Altogether, the nation's largest VoIP provider is accused of violating seven patents covering telephone features and the use of Wi-Fi to place telephone calls. If Vonage loses the case, it could put in jeopardy what has become one of the fastest growing Internet services, and force a lot of smaller providers out of business....

Monday, February 5th

• Vonage to Test VoIP Devices at University of New Hampshire Lab

  Vonage has chosen to pre-screen its VoIP devices for compatibility with its network at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). According to UNH-IOL's announcement, the lab is the first external testing facility to be approved by Vonage for this purpose....

Monday, January 29th

• Vonage: More than 94 Percent of Our VoIP U.S. Subscribers Now Have E911

  VoIP service provider Vonage announced that more than 94 percent of its subscriber lines in the U.S. are currently equipped with Enhanced 911 (E911) service. This feature associates a physical address with the calling party’s telephone number automatically. The move will allow the company to offer E911 to more than 2 million lines....

Tuesday, January 9th

• Vonage dials EarthLink to bundle WiFi and VoIP

  Vonage Holdings Corp has announced a three-year deal to buy wholesale municipal WiFi service from EarthLink Inc and resell it under its own brand name, in the hopes that a VoIP and wireless broadband bundle will boost its market share....

Saturday, December 23rd

• OfficeMax and Vonage® Slash Phone Bills For Small Businesses, Residential Customers

  OfficeMax®, one of the nation's largest office supply retailers and distributors, is offering small businesses and consumers a cost-saving alternative to land-line telephone service. OfficeMax stores nationwide now offer starter kits from Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading broadband telephony provider in North America. These kits allow broadband users to sign up for Internet-based phone service and save up to hundreds of dollars a year compared to landline phone bills....

Thursday, December 14th

• Vonage to Follow Florida Attorney General's VoIP E911 Rules

  Just as Vonage announced that 93 percent of its U.S. lines are now equipped with E911 services earlier today, the VoIP provider also voiced out that it had to sign an agreement with the Attorney General of Florida, Charlie Crist, that requires it to inform subscribers of differences between how the company and standard phone carriers provide those services. ...

Wednesday, November 29th

• Vonage Canada Expands VoIP Service Coverage in Quebec

  Thanks to a newly expanded coverage area announced today by Vonage Canada, 700,000 more Quebecers will be able to replace their legacy home phone with VoIP-based technology services. Vonage’s expansion will bring its service to 19 additional communities in Quebec....

Monday, October 23rd

• Vonage's VoIP 511 to Aid Traffic Warriors

  Vonage’s VoIP-based calling subscribers will now be able to receive local traffic reports right from their Vonage phones. The service provider announced on Monday a new feature that will enable its subscribers to now dial 511 at no charge to receive this information directly from their area 511 systems....

Wednesday, August 23rd

• Vonage, D-Link team up on VoIP bundle

  With a headline like that you want to keep reading, right? Vonage and D-Link today announced the VWR, a wireless 802.11b/g broadband Router with two phone ports and bundled Vonage VoIP service. The package is now available for $59.99 (after $40 instant rebate) at the Vonage Web site....

Wednesday, August 16th

• Vonage E911 Availability Nears 85%

  Vonage Holdings has implemented enhanced 911 emergency dialing service on nearly 85 percent of its customers’ lines, but the company says it continues to have problems in areas served by AT&T....

Thursday, August 10th

• Vonage Turns Up VoIP E911 in Contra Costa, Calif.

  Vonage announced today that its VoIP service subscribers in Contra Costa County, Calif. are now equipped with E911. This feature associates a physical address with the calling party’s telephone number automatically....

Sunday, June 11th

• Vonage shares veer down in NYSE debut

  Shares of Vonage Holdings Corp., the Internet telephone pioneer, dropped sharply in their trading debut Wednesday, dismaying customers who had been given a chance to participate in the initial public offering....

Friday, June 2nd

• PC World Rates Vonage Top VoIP… Seriously

  Anyone who has been reading this blog, or many of the Vonage forums very well knows about the patchy nature of the Vonage VoIP service. If you have used it, you have experienced the issues with Vonage first hand. Perhaps that is why I was surprised to read that PC World had named them their VoIP service of 2006. [Just updated the link. Sorry about that. They link Vonage profile to an old 2004 story, which is what I originally linked to! I have updated the post to reflect that.]...

Thursday, June 1st

• Vonage, D-Link Offer VOIP Adapter

  Vonage and D-Link have teamed up to offer a co-branded Voice Terminal Adaptor, a two-line device that's designed for the Vonage service. ...

Wednesday, May 24th

• Vonage IPO shows VOIP moving to mainstream

  Vonage Holdings Corp. priced its initial public stock offering on Tuesday at US$17 per share, a sign VOIP technology is moving more quickly into the mainstream....

Monday, May 8th

• Vonage Reports 1Q Loss, Slow Customer Growth

  The VoIP operator added only 30,000 net subscriber lines in the quarter, a sharp decline from 56,000 additions in the previous three months....

Friday, May 5th

• VoIP Provider Vonage Not Horsing Around with Advertising

  It’s not as though Vonage doesn’t already have more visibility than most other VoIP providers, given its presence on the Web, television, and in retail outlets. But, then again, can you ever have enough publicity? In a growing and competitive market, the answer is definitively no. Which is why the service provide has signed on to sponsor the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes, the second race of the coveted Triple Crown, set to be run on May 20th at Maryland’s historic Pimlico Race Course....

Wednesday, May 3rd

• Vonage Adds Europe To Free Calling Plan

  Subscribers to Vonage's $24.99 Premium Unlimited Plan can now call landlines in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, all for free, and for an unlimited amount of time. The new calling areas also applies to Vonage's small-business offering, the $49.99 Small Business Unlimited Plan....

Monday, May 1st

• Vonage sets IPO pricing range

  Internet telephony company Vonage issued a pricing range of $16 to $18 a share for its upcoming initial public offering, giving it a valuation of about $2.8 billion based on the high end of its range. ...

• Vonage doubles IPO value

  Vonage Holdings Corp., the largest U.S. Internet phone service, has more than doubled the amount it expects to raise in its initial public offering and reported record subscriber growth....

Friday, April 28th

• Vonage More Than Doubles IPO Expectations

  Vonage Holdings Corp., the country's largest Internet telephone service, on Friday more than doubled the amount it expects to raise in its initial public offering and reported record subscriber growth....

Monday, April 24th

• Vonage Teams Up with Universal Music

  Vonage Canada teamed up with Universal Music Canada to offer consumers free music downloads from Universal Music’s Website when they subscribe to Vonage VoIP service...

Wednesday, April 19th

• Vonage Appoints Michael Tribolet as President of Vonage America Inc.

  Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading Internet telephony company, today announced that its interim president of Vonage America Inc. since January, 2006, Michael Tribolet, has assumed the post permanently....

Tuesday, April 18th

• Nearly 80 Percent of Vonage U.S. Subscribers Now Have E911

  VoIP-based calling provider Vonage announced on Tuesday that nearly 80 percent of its U.S. subscribers now have Enhanced 911 service, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number....

Saturday, April 1st

• VONAGE, MOTOROLA LAUNCH CO-BRANDED PHONE W/ ROUTER

  Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading Internet telephony provider in North America and Motorola Inc. today announced the availability of the Motorola VT2442 Internet Phone Adaptor with Router, a four port router and two line Internet telephone adaptor configured with Vonage's service. The device is now available at Vonage direct, www.vonage.com for $19.99 after a $60 instant rebate....

• VONAGE, MOTOROLA LAUNCH CO-BRANDED PHONE W/ ROUTER

  Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading Internet telephony provider in North America and Motorola Inc. today announced the availability of the Motorola VT2442 Internet Phone Adaptor with Router, a four port router and two line Internet telephone adaptor configured with Vonage's service. The device is now available at Vonage direct, www.vonage.com for $19.99 after a $60 instant rebate....

Friday, March 31st

• E911 brings Vonage 1 million VoIP customers

  New Jersey-based VoIP service provider Vonage annoucned on thursday that more than one million of its subscribers now have Enhanced 911 (E911) service, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party’s telephone number....

• Vonage Canada Battles Over 'VoIP Tax'

  Consumer VoIP pioneer Vonage is among the first companies to face a Quality of Service (QoS) surcharge by Canadian operator Shaw Cable. Vonage customers are 'encouraged' to pay an additional C$10 ($8.60 USD) in order to use the Vonage VoIP service over Shaw’s broadband cable modem connection. Not so coincidently the added surcharge reduces the monthly price difference between Shaw’s competing VoIP product to about C$10 from C$20. Vonage obviously decided to make a very public objection to this surcharge, while Jim Shaw, C.E.O., Shaw Communications Inc largely dismissed the complaint by asserting that Vonage’s claim is 'both wrong and misleading'....

Monday, March 27th

• Michael Andretti to Appear For Vonage(R) At Circuit City In St. Petersburg

  Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading broadband telephony provider in North America, announced the Andretti Green Racing (AGR) team will make and receive calls using its service. Vonage is a major sponsor of the AGR team. Come celebrate with fans as they have a chance to meet Michael Andretti and take home a free Vonage device if they sign up for service at the St. Petersburg Circuit City located on North Tyrone Boulevard....

Monday, March 20th

• Vonage: Nearly 70 Percent of Our Customers Have E911

  VoIP-based calling services provider Vonage Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that nearly 70 percent of its customers now have E911 access, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number....

Tuesday, March 14th

• Vonage Dominates Home VoIP Market

  Few American households use voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services as their home phone but adoption is growing -- up 20% since June 2005 -- and most users are satisfied with their service....

• Mike Snyder Leaves ADT for VoIP Provider Vonage

  Vonage Holdings Corp. has named longtime ADT Security Services President Mike Snyder CEO of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone service provider Vonage....

Tuesday, March 7th

• VONAGE(R) Equips Over 100 New Counties and 400 Calling Centers With E 911 in Just One Month

  Vonage America, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced that nearly 65 percent of its customers now have Enhanced 911 service -- a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number -- and that it is continuing to quickly equip new counties across the nation with E911 everyday....

• Vonage protests special fees on VoIP telephones

  Vonage Canada, a leading provider of internet telephones, wants federal regulators to investigate what it calls a 'thinly veiled VoIP tax' by one of its competitors....

Monday, March 6th

• Comcast, Vonage Deny Former Blocks Latter's Calls

  Representatives for both Vonage and Comcast (CMCSA) have denied recent rumors that Comcast is engaging in blocking activities that are affecting connection quality for Vonage's VoIP service. ...

Friday, March 3rd

• Comcast Puts 'Vonage Blocking' Rumors to Rest

  Representatives for both Vonage and Comcast have denied recent rumors that Comcast is engaging in blocking activities that are affecting connection quality for Vonage's VoIP service. ...

Thursday, March 2nd

• Vonage Crosses the 1.5 Million-Line Mark

  Vonage Holdings Corp., a bring-your-own-access broadband telephony provider, today announced it has exceeded 1.5 million lines in service. ...

• 2006: A Good Year for Vonage

  2006 has been a pretty good year for VoIP-based calling service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. The company has been expanding its service coverage area to include the cities of Bethany, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Harrison, Lebanon, Middletown, Toledo and Lancaster, Ohio; Redmond, Oregon; Bethalto, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Highland and Troy, Illinois; Fort Collins, Loveland and Montrose, Colorado; Flagstaff, Prescott, Wickenburg and Yuma, Arizona; Corpus Christi, Hondo, New Braunfels and Seguin, Texas. ...

Wednesday, March 1st

• Vonage - currently have the largest number of wireless VoIP subscribers in the US

  The 1st Edition of 'The Market For Wireless VoIP' is a comprehensive 100-page overview of the Wireless VoIP business. The report provides a concise look at the forces driving wireless VoIP, its market potential, and the major players in the industry. ...

Monday, February 27th

• Vonage Equips Over 40 New Counties with VoIP E911

  VoIP-based calling services provider Vonage Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that almost all of its customers have basic 911 service and that it is continuing to quickly equip new counties across the nation every day with Enhanced 911 service, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number. In less than two weeks, Vonage turned on E911 service at an additional 125 calling centers, in over 40 new counties, bringing the total number of Vonage customers with E911 to nearly 60 percent....

Monday, February 20th

• Denver Residents Can Now Say 'Buh-Bye' to BellSouth and Other Phone Providers; Hello Vonage

  Denver, NC Vonage America, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, last week announced that almost all of its customers have basic 911 service and a majority of them have Enhanced 911 - a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party’s telephone number. ...

Friday, February 17th

• Vonage Providing E911 Service to Most of Its VoIP Customers

  VoIP-based calling service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. announced on Friday that almost all of its subscribers currently receive basic 911 services and a majority of them have Enhanced 911, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number. ...

Wednesday, February 8th

• Vonage files for $250 million IPO

  Internet telephone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. may raise up to $250 million in an initial public offering to fund efforts to expand its subscriber base, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday....

• Vonage Files for $250M IPO, Names New CEO

  Vonage Holdings Corp., the country's largest Internet telephone service, on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering worth up to $250 million....

Thursday, February 2nd

• Vonage: One-Third Of All PSAPs E911 Enabled

  Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced that it has turned on emergency 911 service in over 2,400 PSAPs across the country, which amounts to more than one-third of the nation's total PSAPs....

• Vonage Expands VoIP Area Code Selection in Colorado

  VoIP service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. just announced the availability of service in Fort Collins, Loveland and Montrose in the state of Colorado....

Thursday, January 12th

• Vonage(R) Now Provides Emergency 911 Service in Over 1900 Calling Centers Across the Nation

  Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced that it has turned up emergency 911 service in over 1900 PSAPs across the country. In just one week, Vonage equipped an additional 41 calling centers, in over 25 new counties, with 911 calling capabilities.
  ...

Tuesday, January 10th

• Vonage Shows Off WiFi Phone

  et's say you're a small business owner, which almost by definition means you're a mobile worker. You've got VOIP service at your small office or home office, but many of your calls are by necessity taken while you're in transit, or at the airport, or at your local coffeeshop. It'd be great to be able to use your VOIP service there, too, and save those cellphone minutes -- right? ...

Wednesday, January 4th

• Vonage Confirms Sonus Deployment

  A year after VOIP equipment vendor Sonus Networks Inc. was linked with an engagement at voice-over-broadband pioneer Vonage Holdings Corp. , the companies have officially announced their relationship....

Tuesday, January 3rd

• Vonage, D-Link Develop Two-Line VoIP Adapter

  VoIP service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. announced a partnership with networking systems provider D-Link on Tuesday that will enable both companies to develop a co-branded broadband telephone adaptor configured with Vonage's phone service....

Friday, December 23rd

• Vonage(R) Supports North American Numbering Council's Recommendation for Emergency pANI Administrator

  Vonage America, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., today joined telecom industry committees, public safety groups and Congressional leaders to endorse the creation of an interim administrator for critical E911 numbering resources. These numbers, known as psuedo Automated Number Identification (pANI) enable 911 calls from nomadic phone numbers such as wireless phones and VoIP phones to access to the traditional phone network and enables calls from these phones to route to the proper emergency calling center....

Monday, December 19th

• Analysis: Don’t Count On Vonage’s IPO Any Time Soon

  What’s the significance of Vonage Holdings raising $250 million in its latest round of financing? My sources tell me it doesn’t entirely discount the chances of a Vonage initial public offering but it certainly puts one off indefinitely....

Sunday, December 18th

• Vonage to unveil private funding of $250 mln-WSJ

  Vonage Holdings Corp., which sells Internet-based phone services, will announce that it has raised an additional $250 million in private funding from previous and new investors, bringing the total raised by the closely held start-up to $658 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday....

Thursday, December 15th

• All Vonage VoIP Users Now Get E911 Service

  Leading VoIP provider Vonage said Wednesday that its entire customer base has access to enhanced emergency 911 services. ...

Friday, December 9th

• DHC Poll: Vonage top VoIP or Cable telephony Provider

  In a recent Digital Home Poll, Vonage came out as the VoIP service most used by Digital Home Canada readers....

Thursday, December 8th

• FTS Adds Vonage as VoIP Partner

  FTS Group, Inc,. a publicly traded holding company operating in the wireless space through its wholly owned subsidiary FTS Wireless, Inc. (OTC BB: FLIP), an emerging distributor of wireless, VoIP and satellite products and services, today announced plans to begin marketing and selling Vonage Internet Phone products and services through an agreement with its strategic partner Wireless Channels....

Sunday, December 4th

• Vonage Wi-Fi 'net phone launches

  Many of you will already have jumped on the VoIP bandwagon, thanks to obscenely reasonable broadband pricing and top-drawer service from the likes of Skype. The problem at the moment is a lack of quality Wi-Fi handsets to deliver internet telephony minus the wires. The F1000, developed in collaboration with UTStarcom Inc, delivers mobile telephony while in range of an 802.11b network....

Friday, December 2nd

• Vonage: Due North and Past Deadline

  Vonage Canada may be making great strides north of the 49th parallel but its US parent company, Vonage Holdings Corp., still has plenty of ground to cover if it plans on pleasing the Federal Communications Commission....

Tuesday, November 29th

• FCC may block Vonage from signing users

  Vonage Holdings Corp., the nation's largest provider of Internet phone service, could be barred from signing up new customers in many markets because it failed to meet the deadline to provide reliable emergency 911 service to all subscribers....

Tuesday, November 22nd

• Vonage Canada expanding service in British Columbia to add 6 new cities

  With hopes of capitalizing on disgruntled Telus customers, Internet phone company Vonage increased its service Tuesday in British Columbia, expanding into six new communities in addition to Vancouver and Victoria where the service is already offered....

Wednesday, October 26th

• Vonage leads VoIP pack in US

  Vonage is still leading the 'blazing hot' VoIP services market, according to new research from Infonetics Research but the competition is quickly gaining....

• Why Vonage's main threat is not from cable VoIP rivals

  Easy to take those newest Infonetics numbers at face value. That's what so much of the mainstream media and, I must say, technology pundits are doing....

Wednesday, October 19th

• Vonage Canada and VTech Introduce the IP8100-2

  VoIPing has never been easier! Vonage
  Canada, a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone
  service, and VTech, one of North America's largest suppliers of corded and
  cordless phones, today announced the availability of the IP8100-2 Broadband
  Cordless Phone System. The IP8100-2 contains Vonage's Internet phone service
  built right in and offers consumers the flexibility of using low-cost Internet
  phone service throughout their homes with multiple phones in multiple rooms to
  multiply their savings. That means the whole house can be set up with Vonage
  with no extra router or home wiring tweaks required....

Wednesday, October 12th

• Vonage Hearing Buy-Out Bids

  VOIP pioneer Vonage Holdings Corp. has heard several acquisition offers in the last two weeks, a source close to the situation says, and has already rejected at least one worth more than $1.5 billion....

Thursday, October 6th

• Vonage Canada Internet Phone Service to be Offered by Graceline Canada

  Vonage Canada, a leading provider of Internet phone service in Canada, announces an agreement with Graceline Canada that will see Graceline offer Vonage Internet phone service. Graceline Canada provides consumers with discounted telecom services and shares a portion of the company's revenues with charitable and non-profit partners....

Tuesday, October 4th

• Sprint Nextel sues Vonage on patents

  Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday sued the Internet-phone provider Vonage Holdings and two other firms, saying they violated patents on technology that enables calls to take place over the Web....

• Sprint shouldn't sue Vonage: they should buy them

  On Tuesday, SprintNextel Corp. said that its Sprint Nextel subsidiary has filed a patent infringement against VoIP providers Vonage and Voiceglo Holdings....

Monday, October 3rd

• What's the Next Big One After Baidu? Does Vonage Have What It Takes? Others?

  The IPOs creating the most anticipation lately have been made up of industry leaders offering unique or one of a kind products and services, based on a leading edge or industry first technologies. Technology and internet-related companies are hot again. An up and comer holding these characteristics, and already generating plenty of anticipation, is the rumored Vonage IPO.
  ...

Wednesday, September 28th

• Vonage(R) Commends FCC for Extending Enforcement Deadline on Affirmative Acknowledgement Requirement for 911 Order

  Vonage America, a subsidiary of
  Vonage Holdings Corp., announced today that in an effort to comply with the
  FCC's 911 Order, it has gained affirmative acknowledgement from nearly 99% of
  its customers to date. Vonage has been working diligently since July to gain
  affirmative acknowledgement of the differences between VoIP 911 services and
  traditional Enhanced 911. The company will continue to pursue acknowledgement
  from the remaining 10,000 customers and Vonage will inform the commission when
  it has gained affirmative acknowledgement from 100% of its customers....

Tuesday, September 27th

• Vonage Selects IPO Bankers

  VOIP poster-child Vonage has chosen the investment banks to take it public, sources familiar with the situation say, but some of the bankers involved believe an acquisition might be a better long-term strategy for the N.J. company....

Monday, September 26th

• Gentle Reminder: Vonage is for Sale

  Recently Andy posted about C|Net 'breaking' a story about Vonage being for sale. I’m not exactly sure how you break a story that’s several weeks old, but OK. The “parallel process” that is referenced in the story was in the initial IPO announcement so this is hardly breaking news. It’s a reminder....

• Vonage Buyout: Not Worth The Money

  Now that eBay is buying out Skype for up to $4.1 billion, the rumor mill says that Vonage may be next in line for as much as a $1.5 billion buyout from a potential suitor. But buyer beware: The VoIP bubble will ultimately burst, and neither company is worth the cost....

Thursday, September 22nd

• Vonage urged to consider sale, float: FT

  Vonage Holdings Corp., which provides residential phone services over the Internet, is being urged to consider a sale while it presses ahead with plans for a public float, the Financial Times reported on Thursday....

• Vonage Ups VOIP Ante

  TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), a global leader in mission critical communications, today announced that Vonage, a leading provider of broadband phone service, is the first Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider to utilize TCS' recently introduced VoIP Verify(TM) service. Designed for mobility, VoIP Verify provides Vonage subscribers with a simple tool to determine the availability and extent of the individual's emergency services coverage from the caller's current registered location. ...

Sunday, September 18th

• Takeover predators begin to circle Vonage

  PREDATORS are circling US-based internet voice giant ­Vonage, whose attraction as a takeover target was boosted last week by eBay’s $4bn (£2.2bn, E3.3bn) purchase of Skype....

Sunday, September 11th

• Vonage: The Growing Sound of Static

  Even though the official papers haven't yet been filed, that Vonage plans to go public is considered a given. One of the biggest providers of Web-based calling, Vonage is expected to make its debut before year's end in an initial share sale that could raise as much as $600 million and rival that of Web-search engine Google in terms of media buzz and investor interest. ...

• Vonage(R) Selects Force10 Networks to Expand Nationwide Broadband Phone Network

  Force10 Networks today announced that Vonage Networks, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. and the leading provider of broadband telephone services to residential customers in the U.S., is deploying the TeraScale E-Series switch/routers to increase the capacity of its nationwide network and build in the scalability to support an increase in VoIP calls over the next several years. Leveraging the industry-leading density and innovative architecture of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series, Vonage is upgrading its network with a combination of high density Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet to accommodate increasing traffic demands....

Tuesday, September 6th

• Vonage tops one million VoIP customers

  Vonage Holdings Corp. today announced it has exceeded one million lines in service on its North American network....

Wednesday, August 31st

• Analysts trash rumoured Vonage IPO

  We’re not quite sure which publication to attribute the leak/rumor to, but news organizations are awash with the idea that Vonage is about to apply for an IPO, hoping to raise $600m. Perhaps the Wall Street Journal, which is cited by many sources, was the origin of the story....

Tuesday, August 30th

• Google, Vonage, Skype: Peas From The Same Pod?

  Search giant Google has been quietly buying up fiberoptic networks and it might, rumor has it, soon launch its own broadband network. It also is said to be in discussions with various broadband service providers. The idea, of course, is for Google to offer cool new applications, such as phone calling over the Web and even TV services....

Thursday, August 25th

• Report: Vonage looks to go public

  Internet telephone service provider Vonage reportedly is planning to file for an initial public offering to raise as much as 600 (m) million dollars. The Wall Street Journal reports that Vonage faces increasing competition from deep-pocketed rivals, including A-T-and-T and many of the nation's cable companies. ...

• Vonage(R) Canada and CompuSmart to offer internet phone service to consumers and small businesses through CompuSmart stores

  Vonage Canada, one of the country's leading providers of Internet phone service, today announced that CompuSmart, a division of Montreal-based Hartco Corporation, will offer the Vonage Internet Phone Service Start-Up Kit at more than 35 retail outlets across Canada and on-line at www.compusmart.com....

Wednesday, August 24th

• Google Is Now Vonage's Best Friend

  Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron, who was a bit of a punching bag here at the Progress & Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit, now has a new best friend in the Internet voice business: The 800-pound gorilla called Google....

Thursday, August 18th

• Early Adopters, Late Acknowledgers

  Early adopters, it appears, are late acknowledgers. If they don't change their ways, they may also be without any E911 services if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has its way....

Thursday, August 4th

• Vonage Confirms Site, Service Trouble

  Vonage's Web site was temporarily down, and some customers reported being unable to dial out using the company's Voice over IP (VoIP) service today....

Wednesday, July 20th

• Vonage Finally Goes Wireless

  In just four days, Vonage will begin selling wireless phones for use with its service – albeit months later than expected – with hardware from only one of its three anticipated vendors ready to roll and not even the promised WiFi-based hardware at that....

Monday, July 18th

• Vonage(R) Selects TCS for VoIP E9-1-1 Service

  Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, has selected TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) (NASDAQ:TSYS), a leading provider of precise location and wireless data technology, to provide critical Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) technology components for Vonage's Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) customers....

• Vonage(R) Selects TCS for VoIP E9-1-1 Service

  Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, has selected TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) (NASDAQ:TSYS), a leading provider of precise location and wireless data technology, to provide critical Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) technology components for Vonage's Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) customers....

Tuesday, July 12th

• Vonage Canada VoIPs up the volume with first Canadian television campaign

  Vonage Canada, a leading provider of Internet telephone service, today announced that it is advertising on Showcase, Life Network, and History Television, and across 10 other Alliance Atlantis specialty channels. As part of its strategy to market Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to consumers, Vonage chose to partner with Alliance Atlantis for its first ever national television campaign....

Monday, July 11th

• Vonage tops study of Net phone service

  Keynote Systems' study, based on the quality of calls made with voice over Internet Protocol and with standard phone lines, found that Internet telephony has yet to reach the standards that consumers associate with traditional phone service....

Thursday, July 7th

• Vonage Announces Partnership With Paltalk

  Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced a partnership with Paltalk to resell broadband telephony service to its subscriber base within the U.S., Canada and the U.K....

Monday, July 4th

• Vonage Cut-Price Call Threat To Telstra

  U.S. Internet telephone company Vonage plans to launch its cut-price call technology in Australia, delivering Telstra (TLS) a new competitive threat as it prepares for its full privatization...

Sunday, July 3rd

• Vonage broadband phone

  If you need a product that can turn a conventional phone into a voice over IP phone, and route calls over the Internet, then Vonage is worth considering...

Monday, June 20th

• Vonage Picks Avaya for Call Center

  Today, Vonage, the leading broadband telephony provider in North America, announced its sales and service subsidiary, Vonage America, has chosen Avaya's SIP-based telephony and contact center solutions to quickly expand its call center capacity and productivity. To meet its goal to provide best in class customer service, Vonage turned to Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of business communications applications, services and systems, to expand its customer service capabilities and greatly increase the number of callers the company handles daily. ...

Monday, June 13th

• Vonage, Cisco Offer a Promo

  Vonage, hoping to drive its subscriptions past the 1-million mark by year's end, said Monday it will throw in a free wireless Cisco router for customers who sign up for VoIP service....

Friday, June 10th

• Linksys, Vonage Hold Big Router Give-Away

  Vonage and router-manufacturer Linksys have partnered to create what they hope will be an offer customers can't refuse. Starting on June 12, and for six weeks after, consumers will be able to trade in any router for one of Linksys' Wireless-G routers with two phone ports for VOIP for free after-rebates, when signing up for Vonage's phone service....

Tuesday, June 7th

• Vonage Ups IPO Ante

  Nearly three months after filing an initial-public-offering prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Internet-phone giant Vonage Holdings Corp. finally priced its IPO Friday, hoping to raise $575.2 million-$647.1 million, more than twice the amount it had originally hoped to raise in February....

Sunday, June 5th

• Vonage(R) Partners with Uniden to Develop Cordless Broadband Phone System

  Vonage, the leading broadband phone company, and Uniden America Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wireless consumer electronics, today announced a partnership to develop a broadband cordless phone system configured with Vonage's service....

Thursday, June 2nd

• What Does It Take To Go VoIP?

  One of the primary requirements for a VoIP system is reliable Internet service. Although this seems obvious, some companies do try to implement VoIP without increasing their broadband pipe, said Louis Holder, executive vice president of VoIP firm Vonage....

• Vonage promises a million

  Voice over Internet Protocol provider Vonage will have a million subscribers by the end of the year....

Tuesday, May 31st

• Vonage expanding VoIP Service to More Cities

  Vonage Canada today announced that it would expand its Voice over IP (VoIP) service by providing local phone number exchanges in more than 50 additional Canadian cities and communities....

Saturday, May 28th

• Vonage Expands Coverage and Changes E911

  Starting this week, broadband users in the areas mentioned above will be able to sign up for Internet telephony-based services provided by Vonage. The company has already started offering free unlimited local and long distance calling to this area. Each plan includes the most popular features of regular land line telephone services such as call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for a lower, flat monthly rate. The move will enable Vonage customers in Illinois’ capital city to keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the 217 area code....

Thursday, May 26th

• Motorola and Vonage(R) Team Up to Bring New Full-Featured Voice-over-IP Solution to Consumers

  Motorola, Inc. today announced that Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage
  Holdings Corp., the leading provider of broadband telephone service, will now
  offer customers the recently introduced Motorola VT2442 Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
  gateway with home networking features.
  ...

Tuesday, May 24th

• Vonage(R) Partners With Synchronoss for VoIP LNP Managed Services

  Today, Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement to provide comprehensive local number portability (LNP) and e- commerce order management technology and services to Vonage Holdings Corporation. As North America's leading broadband telephony company, Vonage is aggressively acquiring subscribers who are making the switch from traditional wireline service to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)....

Monday, May 23rd

• Vonage Softphone Coming to Palm OS

  In an interview at Engadget the CEO of Vonage reveals that the company is working on a Voice Over IP softphone client for the Palm OS....

Friday, May 20th

• Vonage Wi-Fi Phone in Action

  While the company may not be exhibiting at E3 2005, Vonage gave a short hands-on demonstration of its upcoming Wi-Fi phone. The phone uses a form factor similar to a standard cell phone, but connects to 802.11b Wi-Fi networks. Once connected to the Internet, the phone utilizes Vonage's voice over IP infrastructure to make calls. In tests by BetaNews, the phone performed admirably and automatically acquired network access without a hitch....

Thursday, May 19th

• Vonage brings 'mass market' VoIP to UK

  Vonage has officially launched its voice over IP (VoIP) phone service in the UK after completing a 'soft launch' period which started in January....

• Vonage® Agrees With SBC And Bellsouth To Purchase Nomadic VoIP E9-1-1 Service

  Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced they have agreed to purchase access to elements of the wireless and wireline Enhanced 9-1-1 network to offer its customers E9-1-1 service from SBC and BellSouth. As a result of successful negotiations, ongoing since April, between the companies, Vonage will able to deliver both caller’s location and call back number to emergency services personnel for 9-1-1 calls placed throughout three of the four major RBOC territories before the end of the year. The ongoing negotiations with SBC and BellSouth have followed the spirit of the FCC’s goal to forge commercial agreements, outside of a regulatory mandate, to bridge the VoIP-E9-1-1 gap as quickly as possible. This is the first time the ILECs have worked closely with any nomadic VoIP service to ensure emergency calling keeps pace with VoIP technology....

Monday, May 16th

• Vonage(R) Rolls Out Free Calling to Puerto Rico

  Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced it is expanding its calling packages to include all calls to Puerto Rico. All Vonage customers, regardless of calling plan, can now reach their friends and family in Puerto Rico free of charge....

Friday, May 13th

• VoIP firm Vonage tests routers for mobile service

  Vonage, a provider of Internet-based calling services, is testing wireless routers, a sign the company is on the verge of debuting a mobile offering....

• Vonage To Make 911 An 'Opt-Out' Option

  Under fire for its lack of a comprehensive solution for emergency 911 services, Voice over IP leader Vonage Holdings Corp. said it will change its registration process to make 911 services an opt-out rather than an opt-in option....

Tuesday, May 10th

• Vonage to expand in Asia, quashes CEO rumor

  Vonage Holdings broke the silence yesterday on its whopping $200m round of venture capital, saying the money will fund expansion in Asia. CFO John Rego said the company is not stuffing its coffers for an initial public offering, but that becoming a public company at some future is a possibility....

Friday, May 6th

• Vonage Raises $200M

  In March, Deal Flow told you that privately held broadband phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. was raising $100 million in its fifth round of funding. Turns out the company managed to raise twice that amount. Tomorrow, Vonage will close a $200 million round led by Bain Capital with participation from the company's management and previous investors 3i Group, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech Capital, and Institutional Venture Partners. That's the largest VC funding on record this year, according to researcher VentureOne. A source says Vonage is valued at approximately $1.1 billion after the financing. (Vonage wouldn't comment on valuation.)...

Wednesday, May 4th

• Vonage’s $10-Million 911 Plan

  Vonage will spend $10 million to start providing 911-style services for its customers, partly by using Verizon’s infrastructure to connect callers with emergency dispatchers, the VoIP provider announced Wednesday....

Tuesday, May 3rd

• Blumenthal announces lawsuit against Vonage

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday announced he'll sue an Internet telephone company, accusing it of misrepresenting its ability to connect callers to local 911 emergency dispatchers....

Friday, April 22nd

• SBC In Talks With Vonage To Provide 911 Services

  SBC is in talks with Vonage to provide 911 services for its customers, according to reports earlier today. Initially, SBC rejected a request from Vonage to lease access to the equipment and databases, but have recently changed their tone on the topic....

• Vonage solves Clearwire blocking problem, asks feds for help

  Vonage Holding Co., the largest independent Voice over Internet Protocol provider, has solved the problem at least one customer was having when Clearwire Corp. blocked access to Vonage's VoIP service, said Jeffrey Citron, Vonage chief executive officer, on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Clearwire is a new wireless Internet service venture backed by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw....

Wednesday, April 20th

• As VoIP comes of age, Vonage sets up a call centre in Canada

  Vonage Holdings Corp. plans to launch a Canadian customer service call centre in June, a sign that Internet-based telephone service is catching on among consumers and businesses in this country, Vonage Canada president Bill Rainey says....

• Vonage Sets $100 Price Point For VOIP Handset

  Vonage, which is in U.S. beta trials with handsets from VTech and UTStarcom, plans to bring to bring the handsets out in the U.S. at the end of the summer or early autumn, said Kerry Ritz, Vonage's U.K. managing director. Ritz also disclosed that the company is in alpha trials with business customers for video-over-IP conferencing services....

• Qwest gives Vonage the 911

  Vonage says it has negotiated access to Qwest Communications International's 911 infrastructure, another sign that Vonage and other VoIP operators are closer than ever to tackling a major hurdle to offering better emergency service....

Tuesday, April 19th

• Alarm.com: VoIP-Compatible Security Systems for Homes and Businesses.

  Alarm.com, a leading provider of wireless, Web-enabled security system technology, today announced a marketing alliance with Vonage Holdings Corporation, North America's leading broadband telephony company, to address the growing need for Voice-over-IP (VoIP)- compatible security systems for residential and commercial VoIP customers.
  ...

Monday, April 18th

• Vonage And Skype Turn Up The Heat--On Each Other

  The 800-pound gorillas of VoIP--Skype Technologies and Vonage Holdings--have so far been addressing different markets, but each firm is finally beginning to move into the other's space.
  ...

Friday, April 15th

• Review of the UTStarcom F1000, Vonage’s first WiFi phone

  It’s been almost a year and a half since we heard the first rumblings about this, but we finally got to spend a few days with the UTStarcom F1000, Vonage’s long-awaited WiFi phone. Is it everything we were waiting for? Well, not exactly, but as a proof-of-concept we definitely like where they’re going with this....

• Vonage Goes to University

  Vonage, a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced a partnership with Campus TeleVideo to resell broadband telephony service to more than 120 universities nationwide. These universities include, but are not limited to: UCLA, Penn State University, University of Georgia and Rutgers University. Vonage will offer Campus TeleVideo's subscribers unlimited local and long distance calling throughout the United States and Canada for a flat rate....

Monday, April 11th

• States gang up on Vonage

  In a sign of another battle between regulators and Net phone service providers, a high-profile Texas lawsuit against Vonage is generating interest from other states' top cops....

Thursday, March 31st

• Vonage(R) Canada adds 'Keep your current phone number' option to Internet phone service offering

  Vonage Canada, the country's leading provider of Internet phone service, today announced a service enhancement that is expected to further accelerate the widespread consumer adoption of digital phone service in Canada....

Wednesday, March 30th

• Vonage Defends Manually Activated 911 Calling

  'Stop. You must dial 911 from another telephone. 911 is not available from this telephone line. No emergency personnel will be dispatched.'
  
  That's the message that greets users of Vonage Holding Corp.'s broadband phone service unless 911 calling is manually activated at the subscriber end. ...

Friday, March 25th

• Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors

  Vonage says it's been blocked; Company's terms of service 'prohibits' use of certain high-bandwidth applications....

Wednesday, March 23rd

• Vonage expands UK service

  Voice over Internet Protocol(VoIP) provider Vonage is expanding services to 100 cities in the UK, including Leeds, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Preston and Salisbury....

Tuesday, March 22nd

• Vonage Sued Over 911 Service Access

  Texas sued the nation’s largest Internet-based phone service provider Tuesday, saying Vonage failed to clearly inform customers they cannot automatically dial 911 when they sign up....

Monday, March 21st

• Vonage says its calls are still being blocked

  Two broadband providers are causing problems for Vonage's Internet phone traffic, a spokeswoman said Monday, suggesting that a recent federal fine for blocking Vonage calls may not have had its intended impact....

• Vonage Enables Roaming at Home

  Vonage Holdings Corp. will soon take home broadband voice service a step further with the roll out of a cordless VoIP over Wi-Fi phone....

Friday, March 18th

• Vonage Canada Set to announce 911 Service and Local Number Portability

  Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider Vonage Canada has told Digital Home Canada, the company will soon be offering 911 Service and Local Number portability to its Canadian customers....

Friday, March 11th

• Vonage Puts Its Money on the Line

• Vonage Being Blocked -- Again

Monday, March 7th

• Vonage becomes first broadband telephony provider to activate over 500,000 lines

Sunday, March 6th

• Vonage Slips Quietly into UK VoIP

Wednesday, March 2nd

• Nations Sphere and Vonage Canada to bring broadband access and Internet phone service to Aboriginal communities across Canada

Tuesday, February 22nd

• WilTel Provides Vonage® National Reach With Voice, Data Solution

Tuesday, February 15th

• Vonage says broadband provider blocks its calls

Saturday, February 12th

• Vonage Says Give Her VoIP

Wednesday, February 9th

• Vonage, AT&T End Name Dispute